May 18th
Day 1: Top of The World

Well on the first day of trails we decided to do Top of The World, but first we had to make Jeep repairs. My brothers XJ developed an oil leak on the 850 mile trip out here. So we changed the valve cover gasket and fixed some overheating problems with a thermostat which had us set for a day on the trail.

Dewey Bridge marks the start of the trail.


The Top of The World.

Flexing the XJ on the way back down.



May 19th
Day 2: Hey Joe Canyon

First off, if you really don't like scratches on your Jeep, this trail is a good one to avoid.

But besides that, this trail provided a fun challenge. Most of the trail followed along side of the Green River.

The brush got tight when close to the river.

One of the more difficult obstacles of the trail.

At the end of the trail, there was a mine which had some cool ruins which included this abandoned truck.

On the way back, we got high centered on some rocks and had to get pulled back, but we tried another line and got it.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

Nice... I've always wanted to run Hey Joe Canyon but didn't want to beat the Jeep up too bad. Was it pretty cool? Might have to take the Willys on that one...

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

It was a nice trail narrow some nice rocks you had to go over.(no room to go around) And lots of brush. I may have to buff out the paint before the wife gets a look at it. We had to try the trail just to get pictures of the old truck add to last years.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

Nice! Top of the World pics bring back great memories

Thanks for sharing, Gary!

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-Vicki-
'02 Renegade - "Forest Ops" Edition Locked, not stock and ready to roll.
ARB bumper, Super Skink Sliders, OME/Rancho lift, Treadwright Wardens 245/75/16, Skid Row engine skid, Mopar Skids, JBA 4.5 UCAs, 4.10s and Detroit lockers Coming soon: new winch, ?????

Cool pictures, thanks for posting them. Waiting for more!!

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'06 Jeep KJ Sport... w/some stuff
'08 Jeep JK X... w/more stuff

It's an AZ LOST JEEPS thing....
other folks don't understand!!

Just got back from a night run on Klondike Bluffs. The slickrock was very challenging in the dark. The trail seemed a lot different than i remembered. But It was daylight last time. Taylor took a few pics but he already went to bed so i will post them in the morning.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

Here is couple of pictures from last night on Klondike Bluffs.
Removing the light covers.

You can see the slickrock in this one.The trail stayed on slickrock for a couple of miles with painted markers on the rock to follow.

You can see the lights of the xj under the libby.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

Just now got back. Trail repair 30 miles from anywhere. Pics in the morning.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

It was very dark.

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

it was so dark when I got there that I have no idea.

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

Let me know if you need tools or parts brought in tmw....

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

we should be squared away in an hour or so

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

perhaps I misspoke

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

You gonna fill us in on what's up?

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

May 20-21
Day 3-4, Thompson Canyon & Onion Creek:

Well after hours and hours on the trail, both Jeeps are back at the condo; just not completely in tact.
Anyway, we decided on day 3 to take the easy and scenic route through the La Sal Mountains; little did we know this would be an all day and mostly night adventure.

Towards the top the top on Thompson Canyon, 8000 ft.

The decent back down to Onion Creek.

But the day slowly got worse as my brothers XJ starting overheating again. After about a quarter mile after cooling, it would once again overheat.

After waiting for it to cool, we decided the best option was to head back to town and buy a new water pump and fan clutch to fix the problem. This put us back on the trail for an extremely late night. Joseph and Taylor decided to come hang out with us as we finished the repairs. This put us back to the condo at 2:30 A.M.

While driving back home, we noticed a clunking noise slowly getting worse and worse... This led to part 2 of Jeep repairs. We first changed the the right front strut/shock....

But while changing that we realized the cv joint was the reason for the shock to blow out. Now we are waiting for the cv to come in tomorrow at 8 A.M. to finish our repairs.


Heading for Schaffer Trail and Canyonlands for the day with two remaining Jeeps.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

Looks AWESOME

I'll see you guys tomorrow

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

It's all good, were having a blast. We always plan on a little repair time.

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2003 KJ Renegade, 5 speed, frankenlifted,Al's a Arms 4.5,Moabs 245/75/16 BFG KM2's, custom rock rails, full Mopar skids, Hella ff220 lights,Hd cooling,Front DTT,Riddler diff cover,Rola safari rack,Cobra 29 peaked & tuned.

Pastafari Alum, Pink shovel recipient

We even helped two little old ladies across the Shaffer Trail.

Page 2 PWNED!!!

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

So what's the plan for tmw?

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

fix KSKJ's Jeep and find this other dude.... go wheeling.... try to find you.... MOAB is a mob scene yo..

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.